- 1rB1
/ˈnaʊədeɪz/
At the present time, especially when you are saying how things are today and comparing that with how they used to be.
現在；如今
核心畫面
Think of someone looking back over their shoulder before they speak: they are talking about this stretch of time we are living in, but with the old days still in view. It is not a point on the clock — it is the present held up against how things used to be.
可以想成一個人講話前先回頭看了一眼：他要說的是我們現在活著的這一段日子，但眼角還留著「以前」的樣子。所以 nowad…更多收起
可以想成一個人講話前先回頭看了一眼：他要說的是我們現在活著的這一段日子，但眼角還留著「以前」的樣子。所以 nowadays 不是指鐘上的某個時刻，而是指一整片現在的時期，而且幾乎總是拿它跟過去比——說出口的那一刻，「以前不是這樣」這句話就已經藏在裡面了。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nowadaysadv/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
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At the present time; in the current era.
- Cars nowadays are more efficient.
- Me-thinkes miſtreſſe, you ſhould haue little reaſon for that: and yet to ſay the truth, reaſon and loue keepe little company together, now-adayes.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。